Ning Yao

808 total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 513 citations indexed

About

Ning Yao is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ning Yao has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 513 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 9 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 4 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ning Yao's work include High Entropy Alloys Studies (17 papers), Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (13 papers) and High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (9 papers). Ning Yao is often cited by papers focused on High Entropy Alloys Studies (17 papers), Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (13 papers) and High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (9 papers). Ning Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Ning Yao's co-authors include Binhan Sun, Tiwen Lu, Xiancheng Zhang, Shan‐Tung Tu, Y.J. Xie, Konrad Kosiba, Hongyu Chen, Xiyu Chen, Peng-Cheng Zhao and Zhangwei Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Acta Materialia.

In The Last Decade

Ning Yao

20 papers receiving 496 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Shearing brittle intermetallics enhances cryogenic strength and ductility of steels

2024 103 citations Miao Song, Ning Yao et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ning Yao China	11	482	254	105	50	24	22	513
Liwei Lan China	11	584 1.2×	433 1.7×	74 0.7×	99 2.0×	23 1.0×	18	608
Fengchao An China	8	365 0.8×	188 0.7×	122 1.2×	38 0.8×	20 0.8×	14	384
Lijun Jing China	10	347 0.7×	106 0.4×	146 1.4×	67 1.3×	13 0.5×	19	369
Mingyang Zhang China	10	373 0.8×	183 0.7×	76 0.7×	109 2.2×	15 0.6×	15	389
S.S. Dash Canada	11	317 0.7×	155 0.6×	119 1.1×	72 1.4×	23 1.0×	24	349
Long Xu China	14	457 0.9×	353 1.4×	105 1.0×	58 1.2×	9 0.4×	21	484
Toni Bogdanoff Sweden	9	267 0.6×	228 0.9×	134 1.3×	61 1.2×	28 1.2×	24	296
Keping Geng China	13	614 1.3×	478 1.9×	67 0.6×	100 2.0×	14 0.6×	22	634
M. Prokic Portugal	8	282 0.6×	225 0.9×	102 1.0×	38 0.8×	11 0.5×	12	308
Junhua Hou China	8	313 0.6×	198 0.8×	50 0.5×	24 0.5×	24 1.0×	13	338

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Lu, Tiwen, Xiyu Chen, Binhan Sun, et al.. (2025). In-situ nano-reprecipitation enables superior cryogenic mechanical properties in a 3D printable medium-entropy alloy. Nature Communications. 17(1). 582–582. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Binhan, Yan Ma, Huijie Cheng, et al.. (2025). On the anisotropic deformation behavior of a low-density medium manganese steel. Acta Materialia. 292. 121060–121060. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yufei, Tiwen Lu, Haitao Lu, et al.. (2025). Lamellar microstructure enables exceptional fatigue resistance in a medium-entropy alloy manufactured by integrated directed energy deposition with interlayer rolling. International Journal of Plasticity. 189. 104349–104349. 3 indexed citations

Zhou, Jingjing, Huijie Cheng, Ning Yao, et al.. (2025). Temperature dependence of hydrogen embrittlement behavior in a medium-entropy alloy. Acta Materialia. 298. 121396–121396. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Xiaofeng, Tiwen Lu, Xiyu Chen, et al.. (2025). Reasons for abnormal difference in temperature-dependent strain hardening and ductility between additively manufactured CoCrNi and CoCrFeMnNi. International Journal of Plasticity. 196. 104576–104576. 1 indexed citations

Xie, Y.J., Tiwen Lu, Binhan Sun, et al.. (2025). Discontinuous precipitation enables an exceptional cryogenic strength-strain hardening synergy in a heterostructured medium entropy alloy. Acta Materialia. 290. 120955–120955. 17 indexed citations

Song, Miao, Ning Yao, Binhan Sun, et al.. (2024). Shearing brittle intermetallics enhances cryogenic strength and ductility of steels. Science. 384(6699). 1017–1022. 103 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Xin, Kai-Shang Li, Ning Yao, et al.. (2024). Transient liquid phase bonding of DD5 single crystal and GH4169 superalloy using BNi-2 interlayer: From microstructural evolutions to mechanical properties. Materials Science and Engineering A. 923. 147723–147723.

Chu, Chenliang, Qiang Chen, Guoliang Hou, et al.. (2024). Microstructure, mechanical behavior, and cavitation erosion-corrosion resistance of the BCC/B2 strengthened FeNiCrMoAl-based multi-principal element alloys. Corrosion Science. 241. 112560–112560.

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Wang, Run‐Zi, Xuelin Lei, Jiasheng Chen, et al.. (2024). A novel end-to-end integrated process paradigm for fatigue life improvement in nickel-based superalloy hole structures. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 336. 118694–118694. 1 indexed citations

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Fu, Zhiqiang, Guoliang Hou, Qiang Chen, et al.. (2024). Exceptional combination of mechanical properties and cavitation erosion-corrosion resistance in a Fe23.7Co23.8Ni23.8Cr23.7Mo5 multi-principal element alloy. Tribology International. 196. 109691–109691. 5 indexed citations

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Yao, Ning, Tiwen Lu, Binhan Sun, et al.. (2023). Gradient nanostructure induces exceptional cryogenic mechanical properties in an additively manufactured medium entropy alloy. Scripta Materialia. 241. 115885–115885. 17 indexed citations

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Chen, Yufei, Tiwen Lu, Xiyu Chen, et al.. (2023). Optimized bilateral ultrasonic surface rolling process assisting directed energy deposition of thin-walled medium-entropy alloy with high mechanical performance. Additive manufacturing. 78. 103887–103887. 14 indexed citations

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Chen, Hongyu, Tiwen Lu, Ning Yao, et al.. (2023). Laser additive manufacturing of CoCrNi medium entropy alloy composites reinforced by in-situ nanoprecipitations: Microstructure formation and mechanical properties. Materials Characterization. 207. 113500–113500. 15 indexed citations

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Xie, Y.J., Tiwen Lu, Peng-Cheng Zhao, et al.. (2023). Cryoforged nanotwinned CoCrNi medium-entropy alloy with exceptional fatigue property at cryogenic temperature. Scripta Materialia. 237. 115718–115718. 14 indexed citations

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Chen, Xiyu, Tiwen Lu, Ning Yao, et al.. (2023). Enhanced fatigue resistance and fatigue-induced substructures in an additively manufactured CoCrNi medium-entropy alloy treated by ultrasonic surface rolling process. International Journal of Plasticity. 169. 103721–103721. 60 indexed citations

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Chen, Hongyu, Konrad Kosiba, Tiwen Lu, et al.. (2022). Hierarchical microstructures and strengthening mechanisms of nano-TiC reinforced CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy composites prepared by laser powder bed fusion. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 136. 245–259. 57 indexed citations

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Li, Zhuang, Peng-Cheng Zhao, Tiwen Lu, et al.. (2022). Effects of Post Annealing On the Microstructure, Precipitation Behavior, and Mechanical Property Of a (Cocrni)94al3ti3 Medium-Entropy Alloy Fabricated by Laser Powder Bed Fusion. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Yao, Ning, Tiwen Lu, Kai Feng, et al.. (2022). Ultrastrong and ductile additively manufactured precipitation-hardening medium-entropy alloy at ambient and cryogenic temperatures. Acta Materialia. 236. 118142–118142. 86 indexed citations

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Lu, Tiwen, Ning Yao, Hongyu Chen, et al.. (2022). Exceptional strength-ductility combination of additively manufactured high-entropy alloy matrix composites reinforced with TiC nanoparticles at room and cryogenic temperatures. Additive manufacturing. 56. 102918–102918. 61 indexed citations

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